Senior DevOps Engineer

Who We Are:

Horizen Labs is pioneering privacy-focused, zero-knowledge technology that powers a more secure and interconnected digital world. Founded in 2019, we're at the intersection of research, protocol development, and ecosystem growth, enabling scalable, verifiable solutions through platforms like zkVerify and Horizen. From high-impact projects like ApeChain to a specialized consulting arm in zero-knowledge ecosystems, we are a global team united in transforming the landscape of Web3 and digital trust. Join our team in New York, Milan, and remotely to help redefine what's possible in the decentralized world.

At Horizen Labs, our people are our greatest asset, and we are creating a culture of empowered individuals who are eager to bring their ideas to life. We believe diversity drives the innovation and engagement necessary to build a truly remarkable product. We operate on a hybrid model with a distributed global workforce who works in partnership with our satellite offices in New York City, NY and Milan, Italy. Are you ready to help us change the future with the next cutting-edge blockchain technology? Join us!

We’re looking for an experienced and highly enthusiastic Senior DevOps Engineer to join the team. At Horizen Labs, our DevOps Engineers are responsible for building and maintaining automation, orchestration, installation, and configuration procedures, tailored for several Public Cloud platforms, as well as for dedicated servers. Moreover, they work hand-in-hand with our Software Engineers to architect and construct streamlined software development pipelines and environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable automation and orchestration pipelines to ensure systems are robust and maintainable.
• Design and maintain internal tools for the team.
• Build and update installation and configuration procedures for all our Providers.
• Manage and deploy Infrastructure through Terraform, Ansible, shell scripts, Github Actions and Travis-CI.
• Secure and protect production environments and secrets against attacks in the challenging Blockchain space.
• Create and maintain documentation for infrastructure, configurations, and processes.
• Collaborate with Software Engineers to design and construct efficient software development pipelines and environments.
• Conduct research, test and apply new techniques and tools that improve the DevOps process and performance.
• Cost monitoring and infrastructure optimization.

Qualifications and Experience

• 3+ years of practical experience as DevOps, ideally combined with previous experience as Backend Developer.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code concepts and tools like Terraform and Ansible for orchestration/configuration management.
• Experience working with:
• Linux/Unix System Administration (e.g. Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine).
• Intermediate knowledge of a scripting language like Bash or Python.
• Software Version Control tools like GIT, GitHub, Subversion (SVN).
• Creating customized Dockerfiles following Docker best practices.
• Cloud providers, preferably AWS.
• Familiarity with DevOps Methodologies with a focus on CI (Continuous Integration), CD (Continuous Delivery) and IaC (Infrastructure as Code).
• Working proficiency and communication skills in verbal and written English.
• You are passionate about the promise of blockchain technology.
• You aren’t afraid of working in a fast-paced environment, understanding when to ask for help or when to pull up your sleeves to get stuff done.
• Self-motivated and results-oriented.

Nice to have

• Experience bringing large-scale projects to production and maintaining high-quality of service.
• Experience working in Agile teams.
• Knowledge of blockchain architecture and internals. 

In compliance with New York City's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position should the applicant be based in NYC is USD 170,000 to USD 200,000. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position should it be based in NYC. Our salary ranges are determined by numerous factors, including, but not limited to, role, level, experience, and location.

Horizen Labs is an equal opportunity employer

Horizen Labs is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an email to recruiting@horizenlabs.io and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.